State Regulator Investigating First American’s Security Vulnerability
On May 29, 2019, The New York Times reported that New York’s Department of Financial Services “is investigating a security vulnerability at First American Financial Corporation, a title insurance company, that exposed an estimated 885 million records related to mortgage... Read More →
Checkers & Rally’s Data Breach – Restaurants in 20 States Affected
On May 29, 2019, Tampa, Florida-based Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. (“Checkers” or the “Company”) issued a “Notice of Data Breach,” which, among other things, stated that the Company “. . . recently became aware of a data security issue involving... Read More →
$4.5 Million Awarded to Whistleblower by SEC
On May 24, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it awarded more than $4.5 million to a whistleblower whose tip triggered the company to review the allegations as part of an internal investigation and subsequently report the whistleblower’s... Read More →
Flipboard Data Breach – 2 Hacks in the Past Year
On May 29, 2019, Forbes.com reported that “Flipboard, the hugely popular news aggregation app that is used by 150 million people each month, has been hacked. Twice. According to a security notice posted by Flipboard, what it calls ‘unauthorized access’ to databases took... Read More →
$900,000 Settlement by Medical Informatics From 2015 Data Breach
On May 29, 2019, HealthITSecurity.com reported that “. . . Medical Informatics Engineering has reached a $900,000 settlement in the country’s first federal multistate lawsuit, stemming from its health data breach impacting 3.5 million patients in 2015.” According to HealthITSecurity.com:... Read More →